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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:02:46,388 --> 00:02:47,580 That wretched clock! 2 00:02:47,785 --> 00:02:50,534 You're impatient to meet your son. 3 00:02:50,740 --> 00:02:51,615 Son? 4 00:02:51,819 --> 00:02:53,534 You're expecting a son aren't you? 5 00:02:53,735 --> 00:02:58,847 Yes. We've three girls already, soon perhaps four. 6 00:02:59,046 --> 00:03:02,635 Why on earth did I have to have another child? 7 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:05,668 The same reason you had the first ones! 8 00:03:09,508 --> 00:03:10,905 Nothing to laugh about. 9 00:03:14,779 --> 00:03:16,414 What on earth's the doctor doing? 10 00:03:18,253 --> 00:03:20,002 Why isn't he telling me anything? 11 00:03:20,210 --> 00:03:22,878 The first time he tried, you sent him away. 12 00:03:23,085 --> 00:03:24,277 That's true, yes. 13 00:03:25,082 --> 00:03:28,785 I really am terrible! I shout... I'm always shouting. 14 00:03:29,196 --> 00:03:33,977 I shout the way cicadas sing. We're from the same part of the world. 15 00:03:34,187 --> 00:03:37,491 - Fabre, the cicada. - An insect in disguise. 16 00:03:37,701 --> 00:03:39,370 Just call me 'Locust'. 17 00:03:39,578 --> 00:03:44,246 That's it. A 38-year old locust... and a failure. 18 00:03:44,449 --> 00:03:46,277 You're a 38-year old man. 19 00:03:46,486 --> 00:03:49,553 I accept a man can be a failure. 20 00:03:49,760 --> 00:03:51,157 A locust isn't a failure. 21 00:03:51,358 --> 00:03:54,628 If it fails, it dies. I still go on living. 22 00:03:54,832 --> 00:03:58,898 If you call being an assistant teacher in Avignon, living. 23 00:03:59,104 --> 00:04:01,331 1,600 francs a year! 24 00:04:01,540 --> 00:04:04,447 Fabre, let me help you. 25 00:04:04,655 --> 00:04:06,846 I can't... charity... 26 00:04:07,051 --> 00:04:11,594 It would not be charity, but an investment in your value. 27 00:04:11,803 --> 00:04:13,949 My value? What value? 28 00:04:14,159 --> 00:04:18,349 I know a lot of things, but what good does it do me? I study... 29 00:04:18,551 --> 00:04:21,901 Other people do something. I see them doing something. 30 00:04:22,105 --> 00:04:26,330 My wife brings children into the world... while I study insects. 31 00:04:27,216 --> 00:04:32,441 I study them as the day finishes. I study them as the day begins. 32 00:04:33,327 --> 00:04:35,314 I study them in between. 33 00:04:35,523 --> 00:04:37,238 And the clock goes on and on... 34 00:04:41,473 --> 00:04:43,699 So irritating! 35 00:04:53,971 --> 00:04:56,198 You English! Such a practical race! 36 00:04:56,407 --> 00:05:00,518 A clock annoys you, so you stop it! But then, you're a philosopher. 37 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:04,752 My name's John Stuart Mill. A 'mill' is where you grind grain. 38 00:05:04,953 --> 00:05:09,019 I slowly grind grains to make a little of my flour. 39 00:05:25,877 --> 00:05:29,829 Insects know more than doctors. They can put pain to sleep. 40 00:05:30,030 --> 00:05:31,222 Really? 41 00:05:31,427 --> 00:05:33,813 Of course. Watch. 42 00:05:34,064 --> 00:05:35,813 See these locusts? 43 00:05:36,021 --> 00:05:38,894 They're not dead. They're alive. 44 00:05:39,095 --> 00:05:41,208 I touch their antennas... they move. 45 00:05:41,731 --> 00:05:43,922 They were stung by a wasp. 46 00:05:44,127 --> 00:05:48,113 Some scientists would say they're dead. But they're anesthetized. 47 00:05:48,319 --> 00:05:49,796 "Anesthetized"? 48 00:05:49,997 --> 00:05:51,632 They have been for 2 weeks. 49 00:05:51,833 --> 00:05:55,615 It's the perfect aesthetic. 50 00:05:55,827 --> 00:05:57,462 I'm no doctor... 51 00:05:57,663 --> 00:06:00,650 ...but doctors could make use of your work. 52 00:06:00,858 --> 00:06:02,732 I'm not stopping them. 53 00:06:04,013 --> 00:06:05,409 Don't misunderstand me... 54 00:06:05,610 --> 00:06:07,597 Women suffer... like your wife. 55 00:06:07,806 --> 00:06:12,394 Help to relieve pain in humans is needed. 56 00:06:12,598 --> 00:06:15,823 Open the way to discoveries for surgeons! 57 00:06:16,032 --> 00:06:17,383 My insects, not me. 58 00:06:17,589 --> 00:06:20,621 You've discovered what they do. 59 00:06:20,824 --> 00:06:23,413 Why don't you write about it? 60 00:06:23,619 --> 00:06:24,494 What? 61 00:06:24,697 --> 00:06:27,490 Write the story about that savage wasp. 62 00:06:27,692 --> 00:06:29,883 They'd laugh at me. 63 00:06:30,088 --> 00:06:33,518 It's what you know, it's what you believe... you have to tell about it. 64 00:06:33,722 --> 00:06:37,504 You owe it to the men who taught you what you know. 65 00:06:39,513 --> 00:06:40,421 Could I do it? 66 00:06:40,631 --> 00:06:45,333 You CAN do it because you MUST do it. It's as simple as that 67 00:06:45,543 --> 00:06:49,245 "What is good is useful and what is useful is good. " 68 00:06:52,531 --> 00:06:55,642 Blank pages frighten me. 69 00:06:56,164 --> 00:07:00,309 You give me a push into the water... then we'll see if I can swim? 70 00:07:00,517 --> 00:07:03,787 "You will give birth in pain. " 71 00:07:05,788 --> 00:07:08,139 You're mother's fine. It's a boy. 72 00:07:08,344 --> 00:07:10,899 Go tell your father... I've things to do. 73 00:07:13,734 --> 00:07:14,801 I'll tell him. 74 00:07:15,212 --> 00:07:18,085 Keep at it... it'll come... Be patient. 75 00:07:18,286 --> 00:07:19,797 I'm impatient and stubborn. 76 00:07:20,004 --> 00:07:22,990 Good!... Be stubborn! 77 00:07:23,198 --> 00:07:26,787 How do I start? The first word... 78 00:07:27,391 --> 00:07:30,298 Come on... take your pen. 79 00:07:30,625 --> 00:07:34,453 Dip it in the inkwell. Put it on paper. That's it. 80 00:07:34,698 --> 00:07:39,004 If you want a spidery style of writing... I'm you're man. 81 00:07:39,212 --> 00:07:40,767 Good night. 82 00:07:41,408 --> 00:07:42,361 I'll tell him. 83 00:07:52,629 --> 00:07:57,217 You can't go in children. Off you go... all right? 84 00:07:57,860 --> 00:08:01,971 Can you tell me any news? 85 00:08:02,172 --> 00:08:03,762 It's a boy. 86 00:08:03,969 --> 00:08:06,240 Yes? And your mother? 87 00:08:06,445 --> 00:08:10,829 Mummy's very well and doctor said we have to tell Daddy. 88 00:08:11,037 --> 00:08:16,227 Daddy has some very important work to finish. He can't be disturbed this evening. 89 00:08:16,428 --> 00:08:18,222 You understand? 90 00:08:18,425 --> 00:08:21,093 Good night children. Goodnight little ones. 91 00:08:21,300 --> 00:08:24,207 Good night Mr Mill. 92 00:08:24,854 --> 00:08:26,761 Good night! 93 00:08:26,970 --> 00:08:29,082 Off to sleep... sleep well! 94 00:08:36,713 --> 00:08:40,586 Once it hits the paper, the pen runs by itself. 95 00:08:40,786 --> 00:08:44,251 Will anyone read me? If they're interested in my creatures 96 00:08:44,461 --> 00:08:47,970 ...in my savage wasp, so quick in the chase? 97 00:08:49,213 --> 00:08:52,882 This one lies in waits for the cicada, its regular game. 98 00:08:53,366 --> 00:08:55,353 A careful sighting... 99 00:08:56,800 --> 00:09:00,070 ...a swift leap, and the cicada falls, overpowered. 100 00:09:00,274 --> 00:09:04,260 The wasp stings it to paralyse its nervous system. 101 00:09:04,467 --> 00:09:09,089 Numb, the cicada will be the prey of a living larva. 102 00:09:10,257 --> 00:09:13,244 Etymologists dissect butterflies. 103 00:09:13,451 --> 00:09:16,166 They scrutinize death. I scrutinize life. 104 00:09:16,366 --> 00:09:21,432 I want to know how they are born, how they die... 105 00:09:21,637 --> 00:09:24,067 ...especially how they feed. 106 00:09:24,273 --> 00:09:28,259 "Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you what you are. " 107 00:09:28,506 --> 00:09:32,412 This locust would ruin fields if we let it eat away at everything. 108 00:09:32,619 --> 00:09:36,651 Luckily other creatures eat locusts. 109 00:09:36,851 --> 00:09:39,963 We always need something bigger. 110 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,428 The ladybug or ladybird... 111 00:09:44,639 --> 00:09:48,591 ...is a monster that eats aphids by the thousand. 112 00:09:53,105 --> 00:09:55,137 The scarab rolls its dung ball... 113 00:09:55,341 --> 00:09:59,770 ...as it has since time immemorial. We see it on Egyptian bas-reliefs. 114 00:10:01,330 --> 00:10:03,443 The inchworm,.. 115 00:10:05,084 --> 00:10:07,548 ...looks like a legless cripple? 116 00:10:09,437 --> 00:10:11,264 The mystery of metamorphosis... 117 00:10:11,473 --> 00:10:14,743 What beautiful butterfly will come out of this caterpillar... 118 00:10:14,947 --> 00:10:18,570 ...looking sad and velvety? 119 00:10:20,098 --> 00:10:25,402 What will happen when I set 2 caterpillars to meet head on? 120 00:10:25,609 --> 00:10:29,073 Are they going to fight? No. "You go first my dear" 121 00:10:29,522 --> 00:10:31,430 Such courtesy! 122 00:10:31,639 --> 00:10:33,546 A good lesson for humans! 123 00:10:34,514 --> 00:10:38,057 After my first study comes out in print, a young publisher writes me 124 00:10:38,267 --> 00:10:40,300 ...about school textbooks. 125 00:10:40,503 --> 00:10:42,695 I continue to work tirelessly. 126 00:10:42,899 --> 00:10:45,806 Another son is born. Jules is 6 now. 127 00:10:46,014 --> 00:10:50,320 On Sundays I visit my insects with him and one of his sisters. 128 00:11:03,545 --> 00:11:04,862 Children! 129 00:11:05,102 --> 00:11:06,976 Lunch is ready! 130 00:11:07,977 --> 00:11:10,090 - Claire! - Yes, Daddy? 131 00:11:10,293 --> 00:11:11,724 Lunch! 132 00:11:17,441 --> 00:11:18,633 Be seated Your Majesty. 133 00:11:18,839 --> 00:11:19,667 Thank you Sire. 134 00:11:19,877 --> 00:11:21,466 Where's your brother? 135 00:11:21,674 --> 00:11:24,706 That peasant? I don't know... and care not. 136 00:11:28,941 --> 00:11:31,690 With your permission I'd best go fetch our young vassal. 137 00:11:31,896 --> 00:11:33,452 Bring him back in chains! 138 00:11:33,653 --> 00:11:35,800 As you wish, Your Majesty. 139 00:11:43,237 --> 00:11:44,668 What are you looking at there? 140 00:11:44,874 --> 00:11:46,589 A wasp making its nest. 141 00:11:48,508 --> 00:11:51,734 You're right! It's very busy. 142 00:11:52,023 --> 00:11:53,056 It's strong. 143 00:11:53,381 --> 00:11:55,766 It's in a hurry. 144 00:11:55,976 --> 00:11:58,406 Instinct tells it. 145 00:11:58,612 --> 00:12:02,916 It only has a few weeks... 146 00:12:03,124 --> 00:12:05,871 to build its nest, supply it and lay its eggs. 147 00:12:07,516 --> 00:12:08,550 Look... 148 00:12:10,072 --> 00:12:12,377 I'll show you how strong it is. 149 00:12:13,346 --> 00:12:15,413 This stone,.. 150 00:12:15,623 --> 00:12:19,972 This stone probably weighs 15 times more than the wasp itself. 151 00:12:20,175 --> 00:12:22,207 Let's see if she can deal with it. 152 00:12:33,512 --> 00:12:35,500 She's going to work on it. 153 00:12:44,254 --> 00:12:46,400 Take the magnifying glass. 154 00:13:14,643 --> 00:13:15,630 That's it! 155 00:13:15,841 --> 00:13:16,794 She did it! 156 00:13:16,999 --> 00:13:20,303 So never give up, no matter how hard it is. 157 00:13:20,513 --> 00:13:22,818 Now, let's go and join the queen. 158 00:13:23,028 --> 00:13:24,254 - "The queen"? - Yes. 159 00:13:24,466 --> 00:13:26,181 What queen? Your sister Claire. 160 00:13:26,382 --> 00:13:28,733 - She's not a queen. - Today she is. 161 00:13:28,938 --> 00:13:30,891 Never contradict a lady. 162 00:13:31,094 --> 00:13:34,081 Remember that. It'll make life easier for you. 163 00:13:37,404 --> 00:13:38,754 Is that a queen? 164 00:13:38,961 --> 00:13:40,233 Why not? 165 00:13:40,438 --> 00:13:44,061 It's a princess... Sleeping Beauty. 166 00:13:44,831 --> 00:13:45,944 Daddy? 167 00:13:46,149 --> 00:13:47,216 Aren't you eating? 168 00:13:47,426 --> 00:13:48,937 I have already. 169 00:13:49,144 --> 00:13:52,369 "She has already. " She's eaten all the cake! 170 00:13:57,370 --> 00:14:01,515 It doesn't matter. We'll find something for you and me. 171 00:14:04,199 --> 00:14:05,471 My textbooks come out... 172 00:14:05,676 --> 00:14:08,947 ...and are well received, according to Delagrave. 173 00:14:09,150 --> 00:14:12,137 Nobody here mentions them. 174 00:14:12,345 --> 00:14:16,251 I will leave my director, at Avignon college 175 00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:18,410 ...this autographed copy. 176 00:14:18,614 --> 00:14:22,396 He'll never read it. He's one of those people who learn nothing. 177 00:14:24,724 --> 00:14:26,756 After what you told him! 178 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,549 I've had enough of Mr Fabre. 179 00:14:29,755 --> 00:14:34,343 You don't know the latest. He gets around in peasant costume. 180 00:14:34,547 --> 00:14:36,773 "In peasant costume"? Why? 181 00:14:36,983 --> 00:14:38,811 You won't believe this. 182 00:14:39,019 --> 00:14:44,005 To crawl around by local roads and country lanes. 183 00:14:44,210 --> 00:14:46,925 - That's scandalous! - And it happens every Sunday! 184 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:50,317 He works on Sundays without a collar and tie? 185 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:52,393 Can the students respect him? 186 00:14:52,596 --> 00:14:55,946 They don't respect him They love him! 187 00:14:56,150 --> 00:15:00,057 What? "They love him. " I don't understand. Explain yourself. 188 00:15:01,621 --> 00:15:05,324 He's a demagogue. He tries to be popular. 189 00:15:05,535 --> 00:15:08,283 "Popular"? How does he go about that? 190 00:15:08,490 --> 00:15:10,239 He doesn't inflict punishment. 191 00:15:10,446 --> 00:15:12,910 How does he keep order? 192 00:15:13,122 --> 00:15:16,994 "Order"? He makes them laugh and he laughs with them. 193 00:15:17,195 --> 00:15:18,671 You stand there and tell me this? 194 00:15:18,872 --> 00:15:21,939 As deputy head, you are responsible for this! 195 00:15:22,146 --> 00:15:23,861 If I didn't keep an eye out! 196 00:15:24,063 --> 00:15:26,016 Is he there today? 197 00:15:26,219 --> 00:15:27,094 Yes. 198 00:15:27,298 --> 00:15:31,000 Go find him for me before he's corrupted the students. 199 00:15:48,621 --> 00:15:50,052 Sit down. 200 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:01,153 I'm doing this to impress you. 201 00:16:06,551 --> 00:16:10,981 In principle you're here to learn algebra with me. 202 00:16:11,183 --> 00:16:13,818 A priori, that makes us enemies. 203 00:16:14,019 --> 00:16:17,085 You are supposed to let me force certain ideas 204 00:16:17,293 --> 00:16:19,564 ...and numbers into your heads... 205 00:16:19,769 --> 00:16:22,199 I hate to knock on wood. 206 00:16:24,561 --> 00:16:27,672 Nevertheless we have one thing in common... 207 00:16:27,875 --> 00:16:30,862 ...you and I all hate being here. 208 00:16:31,069 --> 00:16:34,101 There is nothing more disagreeable that to be shut up 209 00:16:34,304 --> 00:16:38,847 ...in such a dungeon when nature calls us to her glory. 210 00:16:42,011 --> 00:16:43,124 Unfortunately... 211 00:16:47,481 --> 00:16:52,671 Some people confuse college and prison. I'd rather conduct my lessons... 212 00:16:52,872 --> 00:16:54,303 ...in the open air. 213 00:16:55,388 --> 00:16:58,022 Let's try to get on. 214 00:16:58,303 --> 00:17:01,370 If you work, we'll be good friends. 215 00:17:01,777 --> 00:17:04,162 If you look for trouble, I'll give it to you... 216 00:17:04,372 --> 00:17:06,122 Which do you want? 217 00:17:06,849 --> 00:17:09,405 Friendship or severity? 218 00:17:10,084 --> 00:17:10,878 Your choice! 219 00:17:13,558 --> 00:17:15,068 Mr Fabre! 220 00:17:17,231 --> 00:17:20,582 - The headmaster wished to see you immediately. - And my class? 221 00:17:20,985 --> 00:17:21,893 Immediately! 222 00:17:22,462 --> 00:17:26,335 Very well... a head is a head. 223 00:17:30,728 --> 00:17:33,760 Class is cancelled. You can go and play, children. 224 00:17:33,963 --> 00:17:35,950 You're sending them out to play? 225 00:17:36,159 --> 00:17:37,590 Immediately. 226 00:17:50,295 --> 00:17:51,725 Come in! 227 00:18:14,335 --> 00:18:16,686 Did I ask you to sit down? 228 00:18:16,890 --> 00:18:18,480 I don't stand on formalities. 229 00:18:19,526 --> 00:18:23,830 Mr Fabre, the day before yesterday we had a penitential procession... 230 00:18:24,038 --> 00:18:26,786 ...where we were all in costume. 231 00:18:27,792 --> 00:18:29,938 You went home. 232 00:18:30,148 --> 00:18:31,897 I was bored. 233 00:18:32,104 --> 00:18:34,694 You'd have had your reasons for doing penance. 234 00:18:34,899 --> 00:18:36,966 I had an observation I had to complete. 235 00:18:37,455 --> 00:18:38,806 Your insects? 236 00:18:39,172 --> 00:18:41,841 Is it forbidden to be interested in etymology? 237 00:18:42,247 --> 00:18:43,473 You're pushing me to the limit! 238 00:18:43,844 --> 00:18:45,433 "The limit"? About what? 239 00:18:45,641 --> 00:18:47,912 I do my job conscientiously. 240 00:18:48,356 --> 00:18:49,833 You laugh with your students! 241 00:18:50,193 --> 00:18:53,657 - Have they complained? - I don't care the least about their opinion! 242 00:18:54,186 --> 00:18:55,856 I lead this college! 243 00:18:58,140 --> 00:19:02,251 Enough! Enough! I deserve respect! 244 00:19:02,452 --> 00:19:04,360 Respect is earned. 245 00:19:04,569 --> 00:19:07,953 A teacher can be dismissed! 246 00:19:08,163 --> 00:19:10,547 A headmaster can be dishonoured. 247 00:19:12,676 --> 00:19:14,106 Headmaster! 248 00:19:14,313 --> 00:19:15,062 What? 249 00:19:15,271 --> 00:19:16,702 The minister's here. 250 00:19:16,909 --> 00:19:18,056 Victor Duruy? 251 00:19:18,266 --> 00:19:19,981 Himself. 252 00:19:26,332 --> 00:19:30,557 My wife's laundry's drying in the main courtyard! 253 00:19:31,284 --> 00:19:33,918 Go and get it down! I'll keep him occupied. 254 00:19:39,190 --> 00:19:43,540 Your Excellency! I'm surprised, delighted and flattered. 255 00:19:43,743 --> 00:19:46,048 If I'd known, I'd have had the flags raised. 256 00:19:46,258 --> 00:19:51,199 When I saw that washing I thought you were putting up white flags. 257 00:19:51,409 --> 00:19:53,362 This is Mr Charles Delagrave. 258 00:19:53,765 --> 00:19:58,785 He's the publisher of the man who works here... Jean-Henri Fabre. 259 00:19:59,036 --> 00:20:00,785 We've come to see him. 260 00:20:00,993 --> 00:20:03,423 You've come to see Fabre? 261 00:20:03,629 --> 00:20:05,264 Yes, Professor Fabre. 262 00:20:05,625 --> 00:20:08,498 He's only assistant teacher. 263 00:20:08,700 --> 00:20:10,097 I'm Henri Fabre. 264 00:20:10,297 --> 00:20:12,091 At last we meet! 265 00:20:12,294 --> 00:20:14,680 You've only been a name on a manuscript. 266 00:20:14,890 --> 00:20:16,287 And you a name on a money-order. 267 00:20:16,488 --> 00:20:19,202 My money-orders have been rather modest. 268 00:20:19,403 --> 00:20:21,355 The sciences have a limited audience! 269 00:20:21,559 --> 00:20:25,102 I've read all your work. I really wanted to meet you. 270 00:20:25,312 --> 00:20:29,094 We were on our way to Nice. I stopped my entourage. 271 00:20:29,306 --> 00:20:30,134 Headmaster... 272 00:20:30,504 --> 00:20:33,138 ...you must be very happy to have such a scientist of renown? 273 00:20:33,339 --> 00:20:35,405 We're proud of him. 274 00:20:35,615 --> 00:20:37,602 Could we possibly see an experiment? 275 00:20:37,811 --> 00:20:42,922 We can try. But insects don't know about the respect due to a minister. 276 00:20:43,122 --> 00:20:46,472 Warn that I'll be late. Have the train wait. 277 00:20:46,676 --> 00:20:49,867 My laboratory is in Saint Martial abbey. 278 00:20:50,070 --> 00:20:53,613 I have praying mantises... and this is the mating season. 279 00:20:53,824 --> 00:20:54,891 That'll be instructive! 280 00:20:55,101 --> 00:20:58,133 Don't you want to visit the college? 281 00:20:58,336 --> 00:20:59,687 Fabre will tell me about it. 282 00:20:59,893 --> 00:21:03,925 Headmaster has told me about some changes... 283 00:21:04,126 --> 00:21:05,318 ...which he's planning. 284 00:21:05,524 --> 00:21:10,067 Not at all! You've convinced me my dear Fabre, I've changed my mind. 285 00:21:20,259 --> 00:21:21,895 So Fabre? 286 00:21:22,096 --> 00:21:23,970 Still nothing. 287 00:21:24,173 --> 00:21:26,524 The insects refuse to budge. 288 00:21:26,728 --> 00:21:28,716 We must be patient. 289 00:21:28,925 --> 00:21:33,195 Outside in the sun, they're roused. Here it's too pleasant. 290 00:21:33,637 --> 00:21:37,464 What ideal relaxation! I envy you working here. 291 00:21:37,670 --> 00:21:42,258 No wife, no complications... Don't forget your travelling. 292 00:21:42,461 --> 00:21:44,335 There are few men like him. 293 00:21:44,538 --> 00:21:47,842 Gentlemen, the praying mantis is waking up. 294 00:21:48,212 --> 00:21:50,721 Hurry up. She won't wait. 295 00:21:51,885 --> 00:21:52,839 There you are. 296 00:21:53,243 --> 00:21:56,275 The peasants call it "The Beast who Prays to God". 297 00:21:56,837 --> 00:22:00,426 This devout creature is a formidable fighter. 298 00:22:00,870 --> 00:22:02,096 Come around here... 299 00:22:03,066 --> 00:22:04,940 ...you'll see better. 300 00:22:06,940 --> 00:22:08,256 What a creature! 301 00:22:08,457 --> 00:22:10,172 Something you wouldn't know... 302 00:22:10,733 --> 00:22:14,639 Its articulated head can move in all directions. 303 00:22:21,396 --> 00:22:25,268 - It's rather elegant. - You'll see her at work. 304 00:22:25,469 --> 00:22:27,854 Watch as she grabs her prey. 305 00:22:29,901 --> 00:22:32,365 Both arms come down. 306 00:22:32,577 --> 00:22:34,326 The claws harpoon. 307 00:22:34,533 --> 00:22:36,521 Double saws close... 308 00:22:36,849 --> 00:22:38,485 attacking the stomach. 309 00:22:38,686 --> 00:22:41,957 The mantis eats her living prey. 310 00:22:50,466 --> 00:22:55,850 Likewise with the caterpillar which struggles between the arms holding it 311 00:22:56,056 --> 00:22:59,599 ...while the mantis attacks its entrails and devours it... 312 00:22:59,810 --> 00:23:02,195 ...still alive. 313 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:05,638 It's insatiable! 314 00:23:06,079 --> 00:23:11,099 Not yet! The female devours the male at the end of mating... 315 00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:13,820 ...sometimes before the finish! 316 00:23:14,026 --> 00:23:17,490 The male is the smaller of the two. 317 00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:31,556 I'll have to tell the emperor about this. 318 00:23:31,756 --> 00:23:34,629 Not when the empress is present! 319 00:23:36,628 --> 00:23:38,456 So, Mr Duruy? 320 00:23:40,781 --> 00:23:43,007 Everyone is waiting for you at the station. 321 00:23:43,217 --> 00:23:45,772 Do they have to? 322 00:23:45,972 --> 00:23:48,118 The time has flown. 323 00:23:48,328 --> 00:23:50,394 We did advise everyone. 324 00:23:50,604 --> 00:23:53,477 I should have been told when I was invited to come. 325 00:23:53,679 --> 00:23:56,313 If you'd told me you were going to be gadding about... 326 00:23:56,514 --> 00:24:00,705 My visit to this laboratory is not gadding about. 327 00:24:02,344 --> 00:24:05,456 So this is a laboratory? 328 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,891 It looks like a magician's cave. 329 00:24:08,094 --> 00:24:09,445 And here's the magician. 330 00:24:09,652 --> 00:24:11,684 Mr Jean-Henri Fabre. The Countess de La Tour. 331 00:24:12,686 --> 00:24:14,514 I've spoken to you about this scientist. 332 00:24:14,723 --> 00:24:16,438 How remarkable! 333 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:21,228 I saw you with a white beard, spectacles, and an owl. 334 00:24:21,431 --> 00:24:24,304 The beard's gone and the owl flew away. 335 00:24:24,506 --> 00:24:25,984 Fairies work miracles. 336 00:24:26,184 --> 00:24:29,648 I want a word with Duruy for visiting you without me. 337 00:24:29,858 --> 00:24:31,652 Are you an admirer of my work? 338 00:24:31,855 --> 00:24:35,523 We've no more time. But if you're in Paris... 339 00:24:35,728 --> 00:24:39,431 I don't like Paris. Not a holiday place for me. 340 00:24:39,641 --> 00:24:42,356 I couldn't take my insects with me. 341 00:24:42,556 --> 00:24:44,986 Your gallantry shows right here. 342 00:24:45,192 --> 00:24:47,622 I hardly think I'm gallant, madame. 343 00:24:47,827 --> 00:24:51,893 The Countess has the whole court at her feet. Would you resist her? 344 00:24:52,100 --> 00:24:55,564 Delagrave, take me to the station. 345 00:24:56,612 --> 00:24:57,725 I'm following you. 346 00:24:57,930 --> 00:24:58,804 See you again soon! 347 00:24:59,008 --> 00:25:00,200 I hope so, madame. 348 00:25:00,406 --> 00:25:02,200 I count on hearing from you. 349 00:25:02,402 --> 00:25:03,628 And I you. 350 00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:06,145 Let me tell you the story of the praying mantis... 351 00:25:07,394 --> 00:25:09,983 Can I ask you a favour? 352 00:25:10,189 --> 00:25:14,221 I'm opening evening classes for women and men. 353 00:25:14,422 --> 00:25:16,091 Could you organise them here? 354 00:25:16,298 --> 00:25:18,286 I'd be a great pleasure. 355 00:25:18,495 --> 00:25:21,402 Or a problem... You'll be attacked. 356 00:25:21,609 --> 00:25:23,756 That'd be nothing new! 357 00:25:23,965 --> 00:25:26,680 With you behind me I'm in good company. 358 00:25:41,137 --> 00:25:42,852 Is mass over? 359 00:25:43,054 --> 00:25:44,246 Nearly. 360 00:25:44,451 --> 00:25:46,915 You're supposed to wait until the end! 361 00:25:47,127 --> 00:25:48,842 You didn't even go. 362 00:25:49,043 --> 00:25:51,553 Me? I hate crowds. 363 00:25:51,759 --> 00:25:54,268 Sunday's my one day of freedom 364 00:25:55,313 --> 00:25:58,856 And I've got to plan our expeditions as well. 365 00:25:59,066 --> 00:26:02,212 I've made a deal with my conscience. 366 00:26:02,421 --> 00:26:04,294 Is it all ready? 367 00:26:05,056 --> 00:26:08,599 This is not serious, Jules. What will your mother say? 368 00:26:08,810 --> 00:26:10,399 That it's your fault. 369 00:26:10,606 --> 00:26:11,515 Right! 370 00:26:13,841 --> 00:26:16,351 Let's scram before she catches us. 371 00:26:22,866 --> 00:26:26,091 "Mixed classes for boys and girls" 372 00:26:26,300 --> 00:26:27,253 You see that! 373 00:26:28,416 --> 00:26:31,563 That Duruy and that Fabre! 374 00:26:31,771 --> 00:26:33,645 And at night! That'll be a nice how-do-you-do! 375 00:26:33,848 --> 00:26:35,074 Orgies? 376 00:26:35,285 --> 00:26:39,510 Why not? "Mixed" says what it says. 377 00:27:03,158 --> 00:27:04,713 This is fun! 378 00:27:07,350 --> 00:27:08,986 The nest with the black ants! 379 00:27:09,706 --> 00:27:12,738 The red ants have found it. 380 00:27:13,021 --> 00:27:16,325 They need slaves to raise their young. 381 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:18,011 Hope the black ants win! 382 00:27:18,212 --> 00:27:22,198 You'd like that. Our sympathies go to the weaker. 383 00:27:22,405 --> 00:27:24,278 Animals are wicked! 384 00:27:24,481 --> 00:27:28,752 Nature does not care about morality. The strongest wins. 385 00:27:29,792 --> 00:27:32,699 We're people, not animals. 386 00:27:35,623 --> 00:27:37,212 We don't discriminate. 387 00:27:37,420 --> 00:27:40,690 But they... they don't make a mistake. 388 00:27:40,894 --> 00:27:43,687 Look! The guardians of the city... 389 00:27:43,889 --> 00:27:48,795 ...close the entrance with stones which are huge masses of rock. 390 00:27:50,398 --> 00:27:53,351 They all die, one after the other... 391 00:27:53,552 --> 00:27:56,982 ...in front of this obstacle which cuts off their retreat. 392 00:27:57,186 --> 00:27:59,253 The black ants don't know... 393 00:27:59,462 --> 00:28:02,608 ...that what they're doing ranks with our heroism. 394 00:28:02,816 --> 00:28:06,281 Roland and La Tour d'Auvergne didn't do any better. 395 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:11,438 The ants don't have any historical records or statues. 396 00:28:24,939 --> 00:28:25,892 Tired? 397 00:28:26,097 --> 00:28:27,210 A little bit. 398 00:28:27,414 --> 00:28:29,924 Patience, persistence and patience. 399 00:28:31,368 --> 00:28:34,990 I've an old friend through here. You still up to it? 400 00:28:35,201 --> 00:28:38,348 - Sure, Daddy. - Come on then... quick march! 401 00:28:39,475 --> 00:28:43,097 See that shell flat on the ground? 402 00:28:43,308 --> 00:28:44,659 What is it? 403 00:28:44,865 --> 00:28:47,614 That's where my old friend the Clotho spider lives. 404 00:28:47,820 --> 00:28:48,808 She's friendly. 405 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:51,006 She opens the door to us. 406 00:28:55,487 --> 00:28:56,884 And she goes off hunting. 407 00:28:57,085 --> 00:29:01,593 The thread she unwinds lets her find her way back. 408 00:29:01,796 --> 00:29:05,067 Think if Tom Thumb could have done that! 409 00:29:05,271 --> 00:29:09,779 While she's gone we'll take the chance to have a look at her nest. 410 00:29:11,620 --> 00:29:15,004 There's her family. She's gone to find them something to eat. 411 00:29:15,773 --> 00:29:20,122 I brought everything I need for an experiment. 412 00:29:20,325 --> 00:29:23,392 In here I've got a centipede. 413 00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:28,221 No! Watch out! It's dangerous... it stings. 414 00:29:29,988 --> 00:29:34,735 We'll put it on her path and see what happens. 415 00:29:35,738 --> 00:29:37,089 My centipede... 416 00:29:37,296 --> 00:29:39,681 ...makes a feast of Clotho's little ones. 417 00:29:39,971 --> 00:29:43,164 He must stop the mother, who's a tough fighter. 418 00:29:43,366 --> 00:29:48,193 Their strength is about equal and both are venomous. 419 00:29:48,398 --> 00:29:50,907 We have to help the spider and her babies. 420 00:29:51,113 --> 00:29:55,304 Is the Good Lord intervening? We can't play gods. 421 00:29:55,745 --> 00:30:00,447 We're here to study nature, not to force its hand. 422 00:30:00,657 --> 00:30:02,883 Attack... repulse... 423 00:30:03,692 --> 00:30:07,916 The centipede wants to turn over the Clotho to strike her in the chest. 424 00:30:08,124 --> 00:30:11,713 Clotho is trying to crush the centipede�s head. 425 00:30:15,911 --> 00:30:18,466 If she succeeds, the centipede is gone. 426 00:30:24,097 --> 00:30:26,811 Advantage Clotho. 427 00:30:41,866 --> 00:30:44,582 Discouraged, the centipede gives up. 428 00:30:44,782 --> 00:30:46,690 He earned his freedom, though. 429 00:30:48,097 --> 00:30:51,844 As for Clotho, exhausted but victorious, 430 00:30:53,088 --> 00:30:56,075 she returns to her nest. 431 00:31:00,196 --> 00:31:01,422 The Angelus bell? 432 00:31:01,633 --> 00:31:04,382 Let's make it back to OUR nest, before your mother starts screaming. 433 00:31:04,588 --> 00:31:06,224 You'll scream louder. 434 00:31:06,425 --> 00:31:09,492 Let's hurry anyway. Quick! 435 00:31:18,365 --> 00:31:19,113 Daddy! 436 00:31:19,323 --> 00:31:22,037 That was clever... don't you look pretty... Come on! 437 00:31:23,196 --> 00:31:27,183 You aren't hurt, pet? You're frozen. 438 00:31:29,106 --> 00:31:30,583 The water's too hot! 439 00:31:30,783 --> 00:31:33,736 It'll stop you catching cold. 440 00:31:34,936 --> 00:31:36,083 Marie! 441 00:31:37,612 --> 00:31:39,963 Your ears aren't properly clean. 442 00:31:40,167 --> 00:31:40,916 There. 443 00:31:41,126 --> 00:31:43,511 Pour the water. Head down. 444 00:31:43,721 --> 00:31:45,072 Daddy, it's burning me. 445 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:46,267 It's boiling. 446 00:31:46,478 --> 00:31:49,748 He shouldn't fall ill. Where are the others? 447 00:31:49,952 --> 00:31:52,223 I'll go and get them. 448 00:31:52,427 --> 00:31:54,335 With this one bye bye cold! 449 00:31:54,544 --> 00:31:56,656 One, two... 450 00:31:56,860 --> 00:31:58,086 Three! 451 00:32:00,613 --> 00:32:01,567 Here we are. 452 00:32:01,771 --> 00:32:02,963 Where were you? 453 00:32:03,169 --> 00:32:04,600 - Upstairs. - At home... 454 00:32:04,806 --> 00:32:07,918 ...I want you both close to me. - Not always Daddy. 455 00:32:08,121 --> 00:32:11,187 Listen! I'm getting angry! 456 00:32:14,030 --> 00:32:16,018 Where's Antonia? 457 00:32:17,864 --> 00:32:21,816 Emile needn't answer, but does need to take his thumb out of his mouth. 458 00:32:22,017 --> 00:32:23,209 Thank you. 459 00:32:24,493 --> 00:32:27,718 Claire, where's Antonia? 460 00:32:27,927 --> 00:32:31,118 Agla�, where's Antonia? 461 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:35,032 I see. It's that boy. 462 00:32:35,234 --> 00:32:37,505 Very well. I'll have to take care of it. 463 00:32:44,179 --> 00:32:45,894 'Til tomorrow, Antonia. 464 00:32:46,096 --> 00:32:50,640 Tomorrow and all the days after tomorrow. 465 00:32:53,444 --> 00:32:54,397 Antonia! 466 00:33:01,790 --> 00:33:04,379 Still here! You must like my hospitality? 467 00:33:04,585 --> 00:33:07,253 Hospitality?... You barely tolerate my presence. 468 00:33:07,460 --> 00:33:08,255 Right! 469 00:33:08,458 --> 00:33:09,492 We need to talk to you. 470 00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:12,252 I've also got something to tell you... 471 00:33:12,611 --> 00:33:14,008 ...and this young man. 472 00:33:14,208 --> 00:33:15,957 I regret your attitude... 473 00:33:16,165 --> 00:33:19,311 but Antonia and I wish to get married. 474 00:33:20,837 --> 00:33:22,711 - This what you want? - We're to marry, Daddy. 475 00:33:23,433 --> 00:33:26,420 And when have I given consent to this marriage? 476 00:33:26,627 --> 00:33:29,694 We knew you'd refuse. 477 00:33:29,902 --> 00:33:33,649 She will not get married. My daughters will not get married! 478 00:33:33,895 --> 00:33:35,769 They've nothing to marry on! 479 00:33:35,971 --> 00:33:37,288 Be quiet. What? 480 00:33:37,489 --> 00:33:39,635 I come from an honourable family. Restezy! 481 00:33:39,845 --> 00:33:42,116 I'll be a teacher like you. 482 00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,432 When I was 11, I was selling lemons at the fair. 483 00:33:45,635 --> 00:33:49,859 At 15 I was a railway worker. I'm entirely self-taught. 484 00:33:50,067 --> 00:33:52,294 You were born and went to school. 485 00:33:52,504 --> 00:33:54,616 - Nothing more to discuss - I'm leaving... 486 00:33:55,139 --> 00:33:56,729 Not with Antonia! 487 00:33:56,936 --> 00:34:01,161 My children will remain with me. I can't do without them. 488 00:34:01,369 --> 00:34:03,720 - See you tomorrow Antonia. - Tomorrow. 489 00:34:04,963 --> 00:34:06,836 Go to your room! 490 00:34:10,952 --> 00:34:12,429 And stay there! 491 00:34:14,706 --> 00:34:18,329 Antonia's unhappy. He's a nice boy. 492 00:34:18,539 --> 00:34:21,651 I have a gun... If he comes back, I'll use it. 493 00:34:21,854 --> 00:34:23,920 - You know you wouldn't. - You'll see. 494 00:34:24,130 --> 00:34:26,560 Why are you carrying on being so nasty? 495 00:34:29,001 --> 00:34:29,989 Me nasty? 496 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:32,914 Yes, it happens to you too. 497 00:34:33,114 --> 00:34:34,591 Look... 498 00:34:36,189 --> 00:34:39,301 Are you going to let that girl cry all by herself? 499 00:34:43,896 --> 00:34:45,372 He's coming. 500 00:34:47,490 --> 00:34:49,602 You heard all that? 501 00:34:49,806 --> 00:34:51,600 Learn from it! 502 00:34:51,802 --> 00:34:52,551 Yes, Daddy. 503 00:34:52,761 --> 00:34:53,635 I'm cold! 504 00:34:53,839 --> 00:34:56,066 Sorry old chap. 505 00:34:56,276 --> 00:34:59,706 You'll soon be dry. A good rub! 506 00:35:00,988 --> 00:35:02,703 I'll give you my bathrobe. 507 00:35:02,904 --> 00:35:04,176 Off to bed now. 508 00:35:06,858 --> 00:35:08,810 All aboard! 509 00:35:09,014 --> 00:35:10,411 Dry your legs. 510 00:35:10,611 --> 00:35:14,200 Come on Emile... climb up! 511 00:35:14,405 --> 00:35:17,358 Girls... fall in behind... quick march! 512 00:35:49,904 --> 00:35:51,619 Look how high it is! 513 00:35:51,821 --> 00:35:54,330 To get it going... run into the wind! 514 00:35:54,656 --> 00:35:57,609 Don't pull too hard, or it'll drop. 515 00:35:59,129 --> 00:36:00,355 Do you feel better? 516 00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:03,520 - Yes. I'm sick of being sick! - We'll soon have you well. 517 00:36:03,721 --> 00:36:07,230 The good weather's back. We'll soon forget winter. 518 00:36:07,435 --> 00:36:09,070 Here... you want to try? 519 00:36:09,511 --> 00:36:12,340 Gently!... don't move it too suddenly. 520 00:36:12,706 --> 00:36:16,090 There!... pull now... it's going to dive. 521 00:36:17,298 --> 00:36:19,092 It's great! 522 00:36:19,375 --> 00:36:22,406 I'll make you a big one that'll fly a long way. 523 00:36:22,609 --> 00:36:24,403 - Around the world? - Why not!? 524 00:36:24,606 --> 00:36:29,114 We'll go and see all the people passed by this river. 525 00:36:29,318 --> 00:36:32,270 ...The Arabs, the Romans, the Greeks... 526 00:36:32,472 --> 00:36:35,141 ...and even the Egyptians. - Tell me Daddy... 527 00:36:35,507 --> 00:36:36,938 What, son? 528 00:36:37,144 --> 00:36:40,608 The scarab was an insect sacred to the Egyptians? 529 00:36:40,818 --> 00:36:41,646 Yes. 530 00:36:41,856 --> 00:36:46,717 They believed that little ball they roll was the world. 531 00:36:46,927 --> 00:36:49,880 So they knew the world was round? 532 00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:51,433 Well said! Yes, they knew. 533 00:36:51,639 --> 00:36:53,275 What they learned got forgotten. 534 00:36:53,476 --> 00:36:56,508 Very smart for you to work that out. 535 00:36:56,711 --> 00:36:59,584 I'm sure you'll go on with my work. 536 00:36:59,865 --> 00:37:02,853 Get well, my boy... hurry up and get well. 537 00:37:10,688 --> 00:37:11,516 Surprise! 538 00:37:11,726 --> 00:37:13,714 Marie told me where to find you. 539 00:37:13,922 --> 00:37:15,511 How are you Jules? 540 00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:18,183 Sit down in this wonderful setting. 541 00:37:18,395 --> 00:37:22,301 I haven't seen you for ages. I see your daughter in my classes. 542 00:37:22,508 --> 00:37:24,892 She loves it. You're very popular. 543 00:37:25,103 --> 00:37:27,693 Not with my headmaster, or the mayor. 544 00:37:27,898 --> 00:37:29,329 Pure jealousy. 545 00:37:29,535 --> 00:37:31,363 Not so pure. 546 00:37:31,572 --> 00:37:34,639 He doesn't forgive Duruy for educating girls. 547 00:37:34,846 --> 00:37:36,482 That reminds me... 548 00:37:36,683 --> 00:37:39,670 Your wife gave me a letter for you. 549 00:37:39,878 --> 00:37:41,910 It's from the Minister. 550 00:37:44,510 --> 00:37:47,417 Has Duruy turned against me? 551 00:37:47,904 --> 00:37:49,619 Excuse me a moment. 552 00:37:52,615 --> 00:37:58,605 [Minister of Education] 553 00:38:09,109 --> 00:38:11,443 My Dear Fabre I'll see you in Paris on Saturday. 554 00:38:11,444 --> 00:38:13,777 If you don't come, I'll have the police fetch you. Cordially, Duruy 555 00:38:13,980 --> 00:38:16,013 "My Dear Fabre... Cordially". Seems like you're moving up in the world. 556 00:38:16,217 --> 00:38:19,328 "Moving up"? 557 00:38:19,531 --> 00:38:21,086 They want to stop the evening classes. 558 00:38:21,288 --> 00:38:23,844 Duruy's just sweetening the pill. 559 00:38:24,043 --> 00:38:26,996 Let him sweeten it... and go and fetch it. 560 00:38:27,437 --> 00:38:28,754 Off you go... you've got a train to catch. 561 00:38:28,955 --> 00:38:29,704 I'm not going. 562 00:38:29,913 --> 00:38:33,059 Are you crazy? 563 00:38:33,267 --> 00:38:35,857 I can't. I don't want to leave my family. 564 00:38:36,063 --> 00:38:38,618 This may be your big chance. 565 00:38:42,651 --> 00:38:47,273 That's passed. I'm not going to chase after it. 566 00:38:47,483 --> 00:38:49,232 Emile, in your place. You're going to try to stay quiet. 567 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:51,949 I've been summoned to Paris. 568 00:38:52,155 --> 00:38:54,188 I won't be away for long. 569 00:38:54,391 --> 00:38:55,868 I'm counting on you all behaving yourselves. 570 00:38:56,068 --> 00:38:58,295 Obey your mother. 571 00:38:58,504 --> 00:38:59,617 You're not to go out. 572 00:38:59,822 --> 00:39:03,933 Come on Fabre. 573 00:39:04,454 --> 00:39:07,362 Mill, this came about only by your insistence! 574 00:39:07,570 --> 00:39:09,557 I won't let you come with me... 575 00:39:09,766 --> 00:39:11,515 ...because I hate public farewells. 576 00:39:11,723 --> 00:39:15,470 I've one more thing to say... 577 00:39:16,634 --> 00:39:17,826 Remember who you are and conduct yourselves well. 578 00:39:18,032 --> 00:39:21,904 That's all. 579 00:39:23,782 --> 00:39:26,167 Stay there!... don't move! 580 00:39:27,496 --> 00:39:28,244 I want to remember this picture of you. 581 00:39:29,612 --> 00:39:33,598 Emile! 582 00:39:33,805 --> 00:39:38,109 Don't suck your thumb, or there'll be nothing left when I get back. 583 00:39:38,317 --> 00:39:39,384 Jules will monitor the caterpillar hatching. 584 00:39:39,595 --> 00:39:41,900 I don't write very well. 585 00:39:42,111 --> 00:39:44,984 Your head's the best notepad! 586 00:39:45,185 --> 00:39:47,820 Girls... get the best places in class... 587 00:39:48,020 --> 00:39:49,417 Work hard! 588 00:39:49,618 --> 00:39:50,810 Antonia... 589 00:39:53,571 --> 00:39:55,240 Yes, Daddy? 590 00:39:55,448 --> 00:39:57,514 Buy your harmonium. 591 00:39:57,724 --> 00:40:01,835 Harmonium? 592 00:40:02,036 --> 00:40:04,751 Remember, not a piano! I hate pianos. 593 00:40:04,951 --> 00:40:09,222 - I'll teach you to play. - You know how? 594 00:40:09,425 --> 00:40:10,458 Others can do it. I should be able to. 595 00:40:11,142 --> 00:40:15,605 We have to hurry! 596 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,483 Marie, look after the children. I'll see Duruy and return. 597 00:40:17,691 --> 00:40:20,836 Will you see the emperor? 598 00:40:21,045 --> 00:40:21,998 Maybe in passing. 599 00:40:22,203 --> 00:40:24,951 It's nearly time! 600 00:40:48,837 --> 00:40:52,380 It can wait for me for a few minutes! 601 00:40:52,591 --> 00:40:57,940 So La Fontaine got it wrong? 602 00:40:58,141 --> 00:41:01,606 Majesty, nobody is more sensitive than me to the poetry of La Fontaine 603 00:41:01,815 --> 00:41:04,961 ...but I must say that the fable of the ant and the cicada... 604 00:41:05,209 --> 00:41:06,845 ...goes against the facts. 605 00:41:07,046 --> 00:41:11,317 "The cicada who sang all summer 606 00:41:11,519 --> 00:41:13,871 "Was greatly lacking When the north wind came... " 607 00:41:14,075 --> 00:41:18,505 No cicadas live in winter. 608 00:41:20,025 --> 00:41:23,489 They die at the end of autumn after their eggs are safe. 609 00:41:23,699 --> 00:41:25,527 "She went begging to her neighbour the ant" 610 00:41:25,735 --> 00:41:29,483 "Asking her to lend... " 611 00:41:29,688 --> 00:41:33,754 It's the ant which is more likely to borrow from the cicada 612 00:41:33,961 --> 00:41:36,107 "A few grains to live on... " 613 00:41:36,317 --> 00:41:41,462 Cicadas don't eat grain. 614 00:41:41,668 --> 00:41:43,417 They feed by making a hole in the stem of a plant... 615 00:41:43,625 --> 00:41:45,180 ...and sucking the sap. 616 00:41:45,382 --> 00:41:49,925 It's in no fear of hunger. 617 00:41:50,133 --> 00:41:53,245 Whereas the ant comes to consume the liquid pumped out by the cicada. 618 00:41:53,448 --> 00:41:55,083 Sometimes it has the ingratitude to eat the cicada. 619 00:41:55,285 --> 00:41:58,316 What abominable customs! 620 00:41:58,519 --> 00:42:01,426 Your Majesty, morals don't exist in the insect world. 621 00:42:01,634 --> 00:42:04,382 Morals develop with the intelligence... 622 00:42:05,268 --> 00:42:08,810 ...that is the privilege of Man. 623 00:42:09,021 --> 00:42:11,088 You have too high an opinion of Man! 624 00:42:11,297 --> 00:42:14,761 Many are no better than your insects. 625 00:42:14,971 --> 00:42:18,118 They have the possibility of being better. 626 00:42:18,326 --> 00:42:20,790 Intelligence gives them the choice. 627 00:42:21,002 --> 00:42:24,545 There are many contemptible men... 628 00:42:24,755 --> 00:42:27,548 But there are men who choose well. 629 00:42:27,750 --> 00:42:32,179 It is trust in that intelligence... 630 00:42:32,382 --> 00:42:34,687 ...that enabled me, despite opposition, to conduct my daily studies... 631 00:42:35,217 --> 00:42:38,840 ...my intimacy with insects. 632 00:42:39,051 --> 00:42:41,765 Mr. Fabre, you are one of those who have chosen well. 633 00:42:41,966 --> 00:42:45,111 We greatly appreciate your visit. 634 00:42:45,320 --> 00:42:49,942 Your Majesty has given me testimony of his esteem. 635 00:42:50,152 --> 00:42:55,092 The 'L�gion d'Honneur' was created for men of your merit. 636 00:42:57,938 --> 00:42:59,971 I've been delighted to receive you gentlemen. 637 00:43:00,175 --> 00:43:01,288 Wait a moment, Duruy. 638 00:43:01,492 --> 00:43:05,842 You too Countess. 639 00:43:07,881 --> 00:43:09,709 Certainly. Just give me a moment with Mr Fabre. 640 00:43:09,918 --> 00:43:11,507 You're the man of the day. 641 00:43:11,715 --> 00:43:14,429 My act has finished. 642 00:43:14,630 --> 00:43:18,060 You so impressed me! 643 00:43:18,265 --> 00:43:19,741 Why don't you think you'd fit into Paris? 644 00:43:19,942 --> 00:43:24,291 I had doubts about my appearance. 645 00:43:24,494 --> 00:43:26,243 But Delagrave lent me this coat. How do I look? 646 00:43:27,169 --> 00:43:29,599 That you were made for it! 647 00:43:29,805 --> 00:43:33,348 I don't feel so out of place here. 648 00:43:33,558 --> 00:43:38,147 I continue my observations of insects. 649 00:43:39,388 --> 00:43:41,615 See... those footmen are scarabs. 650 00:43:43,342 --> 00:43:44,897 This gentleman... 651 00:43:47,654 --> 00:43:51,845 ...looks a bit like an ant. 652 00:43:52,686 --> 00:43:53,480 That skull walking away makes me think glow-worm. 653 00:43:53,684 --> 00:43:57,875 There's more... 654 00:43:58,076 --> 00:43:59,224 No... please... next you'll be comparing me to a praying mantis. 655 00:43:59,434 --> 00:44:00,831 I see it! 656 00:44:01,031 --> 00:44:04,904 Nobody asked you. 657 00:44:05,743 --> 00:44:09,014 Anyway, it would take a lifetime to devour a man. 658 00:44:09,217 --> 00:44:11,727 A life which might have its appeal. 659 00:44:11,933 --> 00:44:14,159 I must get back to the Empress. 660 00:44:20,318 --> 00:44:21,989 Let's have lunch tomorrow. 661 00:44:22,196 --> 00:44:25,103 Mr Fabre speaks very well. 662 00:44:25,311 --> 00:44:29,058 He's a good teacher. Is he religious? 663 00:44:29,264 --> 00:44:32,568 Sovereigns who are too devout get guillotined, madam. 664 00:44:32,778 --> 00:44:35,685 Don't joke about such things. Answer me, Mr Duruy. 665 00:44:35,893 --> 00:44:39,799 I haven't put that question to him. 666 00:44:40,006 --> 00:44:41,278 I asked him. I thought you'd like to know. 667 00:44:41,483 --> 00:44:43,947 He replied... 668 00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:47,781 ..."I can't say I believe in God. 669 00:44:47,992 --> 00:44:51,342 "I see Him. Without Him, everything would be darkness. " 670 00:44:51,546 --> 00:44:54,930 That should satisfy you my dear. If he sees Him everywhere... 671 00:44:55,140 --> 00:44:58,490 ...he won't have a bad influence on your son. 672 00:44:58,694 --> 00:45:01,567 Madame, we'll present Mr Fabre to the prince. 673 00:45:02,567 --> 00:45:05,793 And then we'll see. 674 00:45:06,001 --> 00:45:09,749 He gives mixed classes... quite openly! 675 00:45:09,954 --> 00:45:13,543 It was under my direction... He's done a wonderful job. 676 00:45:20,097 --> 00:45:21,210 His pupils are enchanted, and his minister as well. 677 00:45:21,415 --> 00:45:24,403 I don't like him! 678 00:45:24,610 --> 00:45:25,757 Do not interfere with my ministers! 679 00:45:25,968 --> 00:45:27,399 Duruy is very popular. 680 00:45:27,605 --> 00:45:30,433 He has a feeling for the people. 681 00:45:30,640 --> 00:45:31,957 - He's the son of a worker. - Fabre's a peasant's son. 682 00:45:32,157 --> 00:45:33,827 That's wonderful. 683 00:45:34,034 --> 00:45:36,624 You're a revolutionary! 684 00:45:36,829 --> 00:45:40,294 Don't give revolutions a bad name. 685 00:46:05,341 --> 00:46:06,488 We owe them a lot in our family. 686 00:46:06,698 --> 00:46:08,367 Minister. 687 00:46:08,575 --> 00:46:11,323 Which is the prince? 688 00:46:14,525 --> 00:46:15,558 That's him there. 689 00:46:15,763 --> 00:46:17,035 He's daring! 690 00:46:17,240 --> 00:46:22,352 Does the emperor approve? 691 00:46:29,500 --> 00:46:31,136 Difficult to know of what he thinks, or even, sometimes, if he thinks. 692 00:46:31,337 --> 00:46:32,972 I'll go find a doctor. 693 00:46:33,174 --> 00:46:34,525 It's nothing. I'm staying here. 694 00:46:34,731 --> 00:46:38,604 You're going home to bed. 695 00:46:38,804 --> 00:46:40,553 He should get back on his horse. That way he won't be frightened. 696 00:46:40,761 --> 00:46:42,271 You're joking? 697 00:46:42,478 --> 00:46:45,545 Not with you, madame. 698 00:46:45,752 --> 00:46:46,978 This gentleman is under orders from the emperor. 699 00:46:47,190 --> 00:46:48,667 Who are you? 700 00:46:48,867 --> 00:46:50,616 Fabre, sire. 701 00:46:50,824 --> 00:46:52,890 My new tutor? 702 00:46:53,100 --> 00:46:53,849 We'll get along well. 703 00:46:54,058 --> 00:46:54,933 That's for sure. 704 00:46:55,136 --> 00:46:56,567 Shall I get back up? 705 00:46:56,774 --> 00:46:58,090 Yes... am I invited? 706 00:46:58,291 --> 00:47:00,040 Oh yes! 707 00:47:01,645 --> 00:47:03,678 Into the saddle, sire. 708 00:47:03,881 --> 00:47:05,232 You'll be my private tutor. 709 00:47:05,439 --> 00:47:08,187 No I won't be. 710 00:47:08,394 --> 00:47:11,107 Why? Don't you like me? 711 00:47:12,746 --> 00:47:15,619 - Yes. I'd be very happy - So? 712 00:47:15,821 --> 00:47:19,444 When you fell, I thought about my own son. 713 00:47:19,654 --> 00:47:21,165 He only has me. What if he should fall? 714 00:47:21,372 --> 00:47:25,596 Are you going home? 715 00:47:25,804 --> 00:47:29,074 Tonight. Would you explain my departure to your father? 716 00:47:29,278 --> 00:47:33,742 And I'll tell him he should spend more time with me. 717 00:47:34,989 --> 00:47:36,022 He should. Now let's show them what we can do. 718 00:47:36,227 --> 00:47:38,453 Up! 719 00:47:38,663 --> 00:47:40,014 Mind your balance. 720 00:47:40,220 --> 00:47:42,173 Faster! 721 00:47:42,377 --> 00:47:44,443 Our Fabre's a born courtesan. 722 00:48:08,532 --> 00:48:09,883 He even scares me. 723 00:48:12,206 --> 00:48:14,079 Marie! 724 00:48:20,990 --> 00:48:22,626 Kids! 725 00:49:29,794 --> 00:49:32,462 Nice reception! 726 00:49:32,669 --> 00:49:33,861 You've made me miss a note. 727 00:49:34,066 --> 00:49:34,861 You do know how to play? 728 00:49:35,065 --> 00:49:36,292 Yes 729 00:49:36,503 --> 00:49:41,250 Did you learn in Paris? 730 00:49:41,455 --> 00:49:42,851 Not at all. I learned here, waiting for my family to come home. 731 00:49:43,052 --> 00:49:47,277 We were just out for an hour. 732 00:49:47,484 --> 00:49:51,232 You should have been here. You knew I was coming back from Paris. 733 00:50:25,659 --> 00:50:30,361 Not one kiss? In line, children. 734 00:50:30,571 --> 00:50:31,843 Jules, your better now? You're up and about. 735 00:50:32,048 --> 00:50:33,876 Yes, Daddy. 736 00:50:34,085 --> 00:50:37,435 You waited until I was gone. 737 00:50:37,639 --> 00:50:39,275 You could walk before. You wanted to go out. 738 00:50:39,476 --> 00:50:40,430 I feel I should spank you! 739 00:50:40,634 --> 00:50:42,587 Now? 740 00:50:42,791 --> 00:50:46,414 Right away! 741 00:50:46,624 --> 00:50:49,180 I'm happy, big boy... so happy!. 742 00:50:50,897 --> 00:50:52,725 We'll get back to our country runs. 743 00:50:53,093 --> 00:50:54,524 Henri, what's that? 744 00:50:54,970 --> 00:50:57,923 Oh! That... 745 00:50:58,125 --> 00:51:00,316 - That's the L�gion d'honneur! - Who gave it to you? 746 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:01,474 Just the medal-giver... The Emperor! 747 00:51:01,678 --> 00:51:04,472 You saw him? 748 00:51:04,673 --> 00:51:06,229 What's all the fuss about? 749 00:51:06,430 --> 00:51:08,577 He has a nasty job. 750 00:51:08,786 --> 00:51:12,137 You went to see him wearing this? 751 00:51:12,340 --> 00:51:15,611 I've been decorated and you're fussing about what I'm wearing? 752 00:51:15,814 --> 00:51:20,244 Duruy lent me a suit. I've returned it. 753 00:51:20,446 --> 00:51:25,114 I put my rags back on to go home. 754 00:51:26,236 --> 00:51:30,700 Henri... are you quite sure you wanted to come home? 755 00:51:31,627 --> 00:51:33,978 Quite sure I wanted to... I had no reason to stay in Paris. 756 00:51:34,183 --> 00:51:37,772 Children... go and unpack my bag. 757 00:51:37,976 --> 00:51:41,600 I've brought some souvenirs for you. 758 00:51:41,811 --> 00:51:43,480 No... none of that now. 759 00:51:44,686 --> 00:51:47,673 I don't want thanks. 760 00:51:47,880 --> 00:51:51,072 Slow down, Jules. 761 00:51:56,945 --> 00:51:58,058 There's something for us two here. 762 00:51:59,381 --> 00:52:00,697 What? 763 00:52:00,898 --> 00:52:03,203 - A microscope. - A real one? 764 00:52:03,414 --> 00:52:06,048 I think so. Marie... come and see this. 765 00:52:06,249 --> 00:52:07,396 It's a present from the Academy of Science. 766 00:52:12,159 --> 00:52:14,112 Marie! 767 00:52:25,815 --> 00:52:26,883 Prepare the lenses. 768 00:52:28,012 --> 00:52:30,601 Marie... 769 00:52:30,807 --> 00:52:33,112 What do you want, Henri? 770 00:52:33,323 --> 00:52:36,116 I'd like a proper smile. 771 00:52:36,317 --> 00:52:37,543 I had something in my eye. 772 00:52:39,073 --> 00:52:43,422 Let me see. 773 00:52:54,567 --> 00:52:56,680 Yes, you do have something. Tears. 774 00:52:56,883 --> 00:52:58,871 Henri, you kissed me. 775 00:52:59,080 --> 00:53:02,305 Any law against it? 776 00:53:02,514 --> 00:53:04,501 - No. - So what's the complaint? 777 00:53:05,109 --> 00:53:07,017 I didn't forget you. 778 00:53:12,017 --> 00:53:13,607 It's not much. 779 00:53:20,563 --> 00:53:21,913 There. 780 00:53:25,674 --> 00:53:29,217 Oh! Henri! 781 00:53:31,903 --> 00:53:34,618 It's lovely! 782 00:53:35,138 --> 00:53:37,046 Why on earth are you crying? 783 00:53:37,614 --> 00:53:39,044 Don't know. 784 00:53:46,079 --> 00:53:49,510 Women! 785 00:53:49,714 --> 00:53:51,622 I found my white wooden table where every night... 786 00:53:51,830 --> 00:53:56,737 ...I wrote up my observations. 787 00:53:56,942 --> 00:54:00,689 The spider spins its web to a complex plan. 788 00:54:00,895 --> 00:54:03,121 In the evening, she weaves a web that she destroys in the morning. 789 00:54:03,730 --> 00:54:06,444 Penelope hadn't considered that. 790 00:54:06,645 --> 00:54:11,347 I put a butterfly on the sticky threads. 791 00:54:11,556 --> 00:54:14,668 The spider charges. Bites it. The butterfly dies in an instant. 792 00:54:14,871 --> 00:54:16,823 This spider never eats its prey on its web. 793 00:54:17,027 --> 00:54:19,775 She has a lair for that. 794 00:54:19,982 --> 00:54:21,697 How does she drag her cumbersome victim there? 795 00:54:21,899 --> 00:54:25,203 What a housewife! 796 00:54:25,413 --> 00:54:29,285 She folds it like an umbrella. But that isn't all. 797 00:54:29,486 --> 00:54:33,711 The hind legs are quickly putting together a silk shroud... 798 00:54:33,918 --> 00:54:37,110 ...at the same time as they turn the prey to be wrapped in it. 799 00:54:37,312 --> 00:54:40,776 The meal is ready to be eaten... 800 00:54:45,259 --> 00:54:48,928 ...it only remains to transport it. 801 00:54:51,130 --> 00:54:56,275 I am amazed by everything I see that is new to me. 802 00:54:57,120 --> 00:55:01,186 That's fair enough! The winner eats the loser. 803 00:55:01,392 --> 00:55:04,299 Wars involving people don't make sense. 804 00:55:09,139 --> 00:55:13,520 Man has no right to kill man. 805 00:55:14,969 --> 00:55:18,921 End of the Empire [Emperor deposed] 806 00:55:19,122 --> 00:55:21,427 After the brief hope a liberal republic... 807 00:55:21,638 --> 00:55:26,306 ...defeat stirred up the old hatreds. 808 00:55:31,740 --> 00:55:33,693 The people are taking over. My enemies have become powerful. 809 00:55:33,897 --> 00:55:35,690 This Disciplinary Board... 810 00:55:37,291 --> 00:55:40,914 ...is now open. 811 00:55:41,124 --> 00:55:44,156 This is a painful obligation for me, my friends, 812 00:55:44,359 --> 00:55:45,709 ...a painful obligation for the mayor 813 00:55:45,916 --> 00:55:49,266 ...and his deputies. 814 00:55:50,748 --> 00:55:54,099 I can imagine how much it upsets you. 815 00:55:54,303 --> 00:55:58,130 Mr Fabre, In your evening classes... 816 00:55:58,336 --> 00:56:00,448 ...you have spoken in front of young girls about the sex of plants. 817 00:56:00,652 --> 00:56:02,843 These classes will be closed down! 818 00:56:03,048 --> 00:56:05,353 You have abused our confidence! 819 00:56:05,563 --> 00:56:06,312 You have dared, in front of our daughters... 820 00:56:06,522 --> 00:56:08,157 Calm down. 821 00:56:08,359 --> 00:56:12,265 The mayor is right. 822 00:56:12,472 --> 00:56:15,424 I tried to corrupt your daughters and your boys. 823 00:56:15,626 --> 00:56:17,693 I interested them in their studies. Crime? 824 00:56:17,902 --> 00:56:21,571 I taught them what air and water are. 825 00:56:21,776 --> 00:56:25,126 Crime? I told them how plants grow... 826 00:56:25,330 --> 00:56:26,885 ...and how flowers are fertilized. 827 00:56:27,087 --> 00:56:31,153 You confess? 828 00:56:31,359 --> 00:56:35,187 I confess. Flowers are fertilised. It's a sexual act. 829 00:56:35,392 --> 00:56:39,015 A bee carries a little dust from one flower to another. 830 00:56:39,226 --> 00:56:41,452 It's quite shocking! We can't do anything about it. 831 00:56:41,662 --> 00:56:44,455 You didn't have to tell them! 832 00:56:44,656 --> 00:56:47,688 Light bother you? Truth offends you? 833 00:56:47,891 --> 00:56:49,844 You need prigs. You've plenty to choose from. 834 00:56:50,047 --> 00:56:52,796 Mr Fabre, you're going too far! 835 00:56:53,202 --> 00:56:55,791 So far that you'll never catch up with me. 836 00:56:55,997 --> 00:56:58,588 In Duruy's time, you spared me. 837 00:56:58,793 --> 00:57:01,508 Today, you feel stronger. 838 00:57:01,708 --> 00:57:03,821 You close down the evening classes. Fine! 839 00:57:04,024 --> 00:57:09,373 They'll be revived one day! 840 00:57:09,575 --> 00:57:12,164 You intend to limit education to the poor and keep them in their misery. 841 00:57:12,370 --> 00:57:15,834 But you will not succeed. 842 00:57:16,044 --> 00:57:18,792 Others will continue the work commenced by Duruy. 843 00:57:18,999 --> 00:57:19,793 One day, school will be free! 844 00:57:19,997 --> 00:57:21,586 Really? 845 00:57:21,794 --> 00:57:25,144 This is intolerable! 846 00:57:25,348 --> 00:57:28,380 You are insulting the municipal government! 847 00:57:28,582 --> 00:57:31,331 You brought me here to humiliate me. 848 00:57:32,496 --> 00:57:37,198 I came to assure you of my contempt. 849 00:57:37,407 --> 00:57:42,756 After 28 years of loyal service... 850 00:57:42,958 --> 00:57:47,341 ...with no need to reproach myself for failure or complacency... 851 00:57:48,508 --> 00:57:51,461 ...I'm giving myself the luxury of resigning to your face. 852 00:57:53,220 --> 00:57:55,934 Ah! This hat... 853 00:57:56,135 --> 00:57:58,691 ...symbol of my years of teaching, 854 00:57:58,890 --> 00:58:03,196 ...I am giving you today. 855 00:58:04,761 --> 00:58:05,987 You can always put it to use as a flower pot. 856 00:58:06,199 --> 00:58:09,503 Come back here, Mr Fabre! 857 00:58:11,390 --> 00:58:16,012 The disciplinary committee dismissed you unanimously! 858 00:58:16,222 --> 00:58:18,493 The pupils in my evening classes gave it to me. Funny, eh? 859 00:58:18,698 --> 00:58:21,082 You're going to let it tick? 860 00:58:21,293 --> 00:58:22,962 The noise annoys me but it doesn't upset me anymore. 861 00:58:23,170 --> 00:58:25,804 My time is mine now. 862 00:58:26,005 --> 00:58:28,435 I'll spread it around to suit myself. 863 00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:29,957 How about a glass of wine? 864 00:58:30,158 --> 00:58:32,668 It'll clear the air. 865 00:58:32,873 --> 00:58:33,622 A bottle of ch�teauneuf! 866 00:58:33,832 --> 00:58:37,659 Yes Mr Mill. 867 00:58:37,865 --> 00:58:42,089 My landlords are cousins of the mayor. 868 00:58:42,297 --> 00:58:44,761 Result: lost my job and 10 days to get out. 869 00:58:44,973 --> 00:58:47,959 God made the world in 7 days. 870 00:58:48,167 --> 00:58:51,040 He also said: "Let there be light. " 871 00:58:51,362 --> 00:58:53,825 I don't see much light at the end of the tunnel. 872 00:58:54,037 --> 00:58:55,513 Antonia got married without my permission. 873 00:58:55,714 --> 00:58:59,098 Yes. I'm sorry. 874 00:58:59,308 --> 00:59:02,534 Not as much as me. I miss her, you know. 875 00:59:02,743 --> 00:59:04,934 She has character. She defied me. She's a Fabre! 876 00:59:05,778 --> 00:59:08,685 That's one consolation. 877 00:59:09,492 --> 00:59:12,637 If only Jules wasn't so sick. 878 00:59:12,846 --> 00:59:16,276 I'm frightened for him, Mill. Terribly frightened. 879 00:59:16,480 --> 00:59:19,546 Take it easy, Fabre. You let your imagination carry you away. 880 00:59:20,273 --> 00:59:22,022 Nothing need happen to Jules, nor to you. 881 00:59:23,867 --> 00:59:27,251 Thanks. 882 00:59:27,461 --> 00:59:29,493 Now let's see! Have you found a house? 883 00:59:29,697 --> 00:59:32,048 There's one at Orange that I like. 884 00:59:32,253 --> 00:59:35,126 Excuse me... One thing at a time. 885 00:59:35,327 --> 00:59:40,109 If you move to Orange, what will you do there? 886 00:59:40,319 --> 00:59:42,431 Write. I've put pen to paper. I can't stop it. 887 00:59:42,635 --> 00:59:44,940 Delagrave's publishing my entomology. 888 00:59:45,151 --> 00:59:46,501 Bravo! So get to it! 889 00:59:47,307 --> 00:59:50,294 How? 890 00:59:50,501 --> 00:59:52,931 What do you need for that? 3,000... 4,000 francs? 891 00:59:53,137 --> 00:59:55,090 3,000 francs... 2 years� salary. 892 00:59:55,293 --> 00:59:56,962 Very well... here it is. 893 00:59:57,210 --> 00:59:59,674 No. No, thank you. 894 00:59:59,885 --> 01:00:03,077 Fabre... This is absolutely no bother. 895 01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:08,221 I have to go to London. While I'm away... 896 01:00:08,791 --> 01:00:10,268 ...I don't want that a man such as you is suffering from lack of money. Take it! 897 01:00:10,468 --> 01:00:12,456 I love you. 898 01:00:12,664 --> 01:00:14,254 Wouldn't you do the same? 899 01:00:14,461 --> 01:00:16,097 I'll get it back to you as soon as I can. 900 01:00:16,298 --> 01:00:17,047 Get back what? 901 01:00:17,257 --> 01:00:19,642 The money. 902 01:00:19,852 --> 01:00:21,044 I lent nothing to you. 903 01:00:21,250 --> 01:00:23,282 Take it back. 904 01:00:26,201 --> 01:00:27,314 You're insane! 905 01:00:27,519 --> 01:00:29,268 Officer! 906 01:00:29,476 --> 01:00:33,462 Yes, Mr Mill? 907 01:00:33,668 --> 01:00:35,940 This man wants to give me some money which doesn't belong to me. 908 01:00:36,144 --> 01:00:38,893 He's known to be a bit crazy. 909 01:00:39,099 --> 01:00:42,245 Do you want me to arrest him? 910 01:00:42,453 --> 01:00:45,804 I don't want to go that far, if he's reasonable. 911 01:00:46,007 --> 01:00:47,279 Do you intend being reasonable, Mr Fabre? 912 01:00:47,485 --> 01:00:50,755 I must yield to force. 913 01:00:50,959 --> 01:00:52,106 Good, take it. Thank you officer. 914 01:00:52,317 --> 01:00:54,872 At your service. 915 01:00:55,072 --> 01:00:58,263 Mr Fabre, my son went to your classes. 916 01:00:58,466 --> 01:01:02,009 He loved you so much, I nearly came to bother you about it. 917 01:01:02,978 --> 01:01:07,408 You've even got friends in the police! 918 01:01:07,610 --> 01:01:10,360 Mill! I'll hold this against you for the rest of my life... 919 01:01:14,160 --> 01:01:17,306 ...and never stop thanking you. 920 01:01:17,514 --> 01:01:19,263 In my new dwelling, on the outskirts of Orange... 921 01:01:20,549 --> 01:01:24,138 ...the solitude doesn't bother me. 922 01:01:24,582 --> 01:01:26,331 Only Stuart Mill's presence is sorely lacking. 923 01:01:27,098 --> 01:01:28,608 He died. 924 01:01:28,815 --> 01:01:33,245 I no longer have his company. 925 01:01:33,926 --> 01:01:38,912 I have that of my family, and my animals... always surprising me. 926 01:01:39,117 --> 01:01:42,104 Here's a problem of locomotion that I'll never succeed in explaining. 927 01:01:42,312 --> 01:01:46,264 Many others are no more confident than I am. 928 01:01:46,465 --> 01:01:49,532 Like the litters in India carried on multiple shoulders 929 01:01:51,097 --> 01:01:53,731 ...and which travel smoothly. 930 01:01:53,932 --> 01:01:59,077 Science will catch up with the millipede... 931 01:02:17,972 --> 01:02:21,436 ...who is oblivious to the fact that its walking is a problem at all. 932 01:02:21,646 --> 01:02:25,678 All this summer I've been involved with the chalicodoma. 933 01:02:25,878 --> 01:02:28,752 "Chalicodoma"! What a name for this wild bee! 934 01:02:28,953 --> 01:02:30,906 The Chalicodoma scratched the earth with its legs... 935 01:02:31,109 --> 01:02:33,665 ...softens it, forms it into balls... 936 01:02:33,865 --> 01:02:37,249 ...and takes them to its chosen site. 937 01:02:37,459 --> 01:02:40,968 With each trip it's adding to its nest. 938 01:02:41,172 --> 01:02:44,556 When it dries, it becomes a very hard mortar... 939 01:02:45,645 --> 01:02:49,109 ...able to support impressive weights. 940 01:02:51,634 --> 01:02:54,746 I've seen colonies weighing more than 40 kg. 941 01:03:03,614 --> 01:03:06,521 I'll call it "The Chalicodoma barn". 942 01:03:06,729 --> 01:03:09,284 Darwin has named me "the incomparable observer. " 943 01:03:09,484 --> 01:03:13,675 This description is often mentioned... 944 01:03:14,277 --> 01:03:16,264 ...though I don't really understand why I deserve it. 945 01:03:16,473 --> 01:03:19,540 It's just comes so naturally to me... 946 01:03:26,576 --> 01:03:28,325 ...to be interested in all this. 947 01:03:28,532 --> 01:03:33,200 Here I am with wasps. 948 01:03:33,404 --> 01:03:37,107 The scratch fibres from wood from which they make paper. 949 01:03:37,317 --> 01:03:42,428 They build perfectly hexagonal cells. 950 01:03:42,868 --> 01:03:45,298 The egg becomes a plump legless larva, like a pat of butter. 951 01:03:46,741 --> 01:03:50,807 The larva becomes a perfect insect... 952 01:03:51,014 --> 01:03:54,001 ...which I extract by tearing the paper cap which protects it. 953 01:03:54,727 --> 01:03:57,600 The body is still soft. The heat of the sun... 954 01:03:58,721 --> 01:04:01,276 ...will harden it to allow the insect... 955 01:04:01,675 --> 01:04:06,422 ...to fly off to forage... 956 01:04:10,780 --> 01:04:12,495 ...honey from flowers, lay eggs... and begin this instinctive cycle over again. 957 01:04:12,697 --> 01:04:16,569 Ah! My boy... 958 01:04:23,479 --> 01:04:27,307 ...we won't be retiring empty-handed tonight. 959 01:04:27,512 --> 01:04:28,863 Watch carefully, Jules. We're going to get the full show. 960 01:04:29,070 --> 01:04:31,499 We've been waiting for 3 nights. 961 01:04:32,104 --> 01:04:36,215 That's nothing. You'll see others. 962 01:04:36,417 --> 01:04:39,881 These charming creatures are inveterate night-prowlers. 963 01:04:42,047 --> 01:04:43,841 Here's the male looking for adventure. Here's the female. 964 01:04:44,044 --> 01:04:47,269 - It's love at first sight? - Yes! 965 01:04:47,478 --> 01:04:51,589 He invites her on a nuptial walk... their claws entwined. 966 01:04:54,386 --> 01:04:57,895 Here's another male... proudly offering himself. 967 01:04:59,777 --> 01:05:02,445 He has to defend his new treasure. 968 01:05:07,963 --> 01:05:10,995 It's not looking good. 969 01:05:11,557 --> 01:05:14,271 Here's both opponents face to face. 970 01:05:20,183 --> 01:05:24,613 They size each other up. 971 01:05:34,998 --> 01:05:36,065 - Is their poison in that little bulb? - Yes. It's deadly poison. 972 01:05:37,394 --> 01:05:40,381 Look! 973 01:05:40,588 --> 01:05:44,336 Each of them is trying to stab the other behind the head... 974 01:05:48,015 --> 01:05:48,969 ...in the joint where the nerve centre is located. 975 01:05:50,172 --> 01:05:52,840 Look! 976 01:05:53,047 --> 01:05:56,590 The claws aren't really arms... 977 01:06:08,700 --> 01:06:11,130 They're purely for immobilising a foe. 978 01:06:11,336 --> 01:06:14,720 That's it!... The intruder has won! 979 01:06:16,367 --> 01:06:18,217 There... you see... just one stab... 980 01:06:18,218 --> 01:06:21,513 ...and it's over. 981 01:06:26,870 --> 01:06:29,777 A snake's poison wouldn't act faster. 982 01:06:31,742 --> 01:06:35,853 The victor goes to claim his reward. 983 01:06:38,011 --> 01:06:42,077 Unceremoniously he drags the tournament prize... 984 01:06:43,521 --> 01:06:46,713 ...into the discreet shadow of a rock... 985 01:06:49,272 --> 01:06:50,827 ...while the vanquished still writhes. 986 01:06:51,588 --> 01:06:52,984 It's so cruel. 987 01:06:53,185 --> 01:06:57,330 It's scary. 988 01:06:57,537 --> 01:06:59,365 If they were the size of crocodiles, they'd really be monsters. 989 01:06:59,734 --> 01:07:03,198 Look! 990 01:07:03,407 --> 01:07:06,042 The wedding over, the male wants to escape before it's too late. 991 01:07:07,760 --> 01:07:08,986 This is another deadly battle... now with the female. 992 01:07:09,916 --> 01:07:11,744 The shrew hangs on to him. 993 01:07:11,953 --> 01:07:16,257 He doesn't defend himself? 994 01:07:16,465 --> 01:07:18,453 He won't injure the one he's just fertilised. 995 01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:22,168 - She kills him. - Is she going to eat him? 996 01:07:22,375 --> 01:07:25,407 The young inherit their father's body. 997 01:07:28,765 --> 01:07:31,195 All the males suffer that fate. 998 01:07:32,439 --> 01:07:33,586 It's the law of the species. 999 01:07:33,796 --> 01:07:37,147 What's wrong? 1000 01:07:37,350 --> 01:07:41,495 Have these sessions worn you out? Have you overestimated your strength? 1001 01:07:41,703 --> 01:07:45,007 No, Dad. I just feel... I'll be alright. 1002 01:07:45,217 --> 01:07:48,045 - You've feverish! - I want to see the scorpions. 1003 01:07:50,927 --> 01:07:53,198 You're not being sensible... Me neither... Marie! 1004 01:07:54,082 --> 01:07:56,069 Come on... you're going to lie down. 1005 01:07:56,278 --> 01:07:57,788 Lean on me. 1006 01:07:57,995 --> 01:08:03,185 I wish... 1007 01:08:03,386 --> 01:08:05,816 I wish I could pass all my strength and health on to you. 1008 01:08:14,447 --> 01:08:16,241 Come on, my child. 1009 01:08:16,443 --> 01:08:20,032 Did you get the book? 1010 01:08:20,237 --> 01:08:23,349 No. I'm going to write to Delagrave. He's toying with me! 1011 01:08:23,671 --> 01:08:25,102 This first volume took ten years! 1012 01:08:25,308 --> 01:08:28,455 I would have liked to see it. 1013 01:08:28,664 --> 01:08:32,332 And I have to think about the second. I'll wait 'til you're better. 1014 01:08:32,537 --> 01:08:35,490 We'll study the tarantula nests... the black spider! 1015 01:08:36,690 --> 01:08:39,994 That'll be soon? 1016 01:08:40,962 --> 01:08:42,598 It'll be soon... just take it easy. 1017 01:08:48,949 --> 01:08:52,901 I'll be back. 1018 01:08:53,261 --> 01:08:54,931 This child is going to be cured. Cured quickly I tell you! 1019 01:08:55,418 --> 01:08:57,370 Why is he kept shut up? 1020 01:08:58,413 --> 01:08:59,400 He needs fresh air and sunshine! 1021 01:09:08,635 --> 01:09:10,350 There! 1022 01:09:26,085 --> 01:09:29,152 I'm waiting for you my boy. 1023 01:09:29,360 --> 01:09:33,427 I can't! My son is dying! 1024 01:09:35,071 --> 01:09:38,103 I can't fight where there's no hope. 1025 01:09:38,305 --> 01:09:42,087 What do I do?... what can I do? 1026 01:09:43,696 --> 01:09:47,444 My only consolation is telling him about my work. 1027 01:09:47,649 --> 01:09:52,079 They don't dream.. they don't suffer... 1028 01:09:52,281 --> 01:09:56,552 ...these leafcutter ants that live so far away. 1029 01:09:56,754 --> 01:09:59,309 Insects perform impossible tasks, and work miracles. 1030 01:09:59,509 --> 01:10:03,700 We, poor beings... born to suffer pain... 1031 01:10:03,902 --> 01:10:06,491 ...and become weaker, we can never understand... 1032 01:10:06,697 --> 01:10:10,240 ...their lessons of austerity and stamina. 1033 01:10:11,289 --> 01:10:14,434 Dear insects, who I should try to forget about sometimes... 1034 01:10:41,239 --> 01:10:43,226 ...you're the only consolation in my life. 1035 01:10:43,435 --> 01:10:44,707 It's good of you to come, Antonia. 1036 01:10:50,782 --> 01:10:53,655 Daddy! 1037 01:10:58,090 --> 01:11:03,109 It was good of you to bring your boy. 1038 01:11:19,413 --> 01:11:21,241 Children, you need to go up now, if you still wish to see him. 1039 01:11:21,450 --> 01:11:22,278 What's this Grandpa? 1040 01:11:22,488 --> 01:11:24,952 Don't know. 1041 01:12:00,704 --> 01:12:02,419 I know!... it's a fly! 1042 01:12:05,855 --> 01:12:07,002 Henri... 1043 01:12:11,565 --> 01:12:14,677 Yes. 1044 01:12:17,076 --> 01:12:20,982 When we came here, you said 1045 01:12:22,546 --> 01:12:25,692 "At last we can be happy. " 1046 01:12:26,699 --> 01:12:30,527 The three of us were at the window. 1047 01:12:31,810 --> 01:12:34,240 Yes, the three of us... 1048 01:12:38,798 --> 01:12:42,342 The others were playing downstairs. 1049 01:12:47,704 --> 01:12:50,009 We can't live here anymore... without him. 1050 01:12:52,336 --> 01:12:55,243 Where do you want to go? 1051 01:12:56,928 --> 01:12:58,518 I want to buy a house which belongs to us... 1052 01:13:00,083 --> 01:13:02,513 ...with a garden... 1053 01:13:03,397 --> 01:13:05,907 ...that I'll enclose with a wall... 1054 01:13:11,024 --> 01:13:15,169 ...just for us, Marie. 1055 01:13:15,377 --> 01:13:18,284 Why didn't I ever know how to protect him? 1056 01:13:18,491 --> 01:13:21,399 You've done the impossible, Henri... 1057 01:13:23,563 --> 01:13:25,675 ...for him, and for us all. 1058 01:13:28,674 --> 01:13:31,706 You've given us everything. 1059 01:13:32,268 --> 01:13:34,857 You'll have your house, Henri... 1060 01:13:36,421 --> 01:13:38,772 ...your garden and your wall... 1061 01:13:41,053 --> 01:13:44,438 ...and all of us with you. 1062 01:13:56,507 --> 01:13:59,858 Mummy!... Grandpa's crying! 1063 01:14:00,061 --> 01:14:02,934 Yes, I wept for a long time and I'm still weeping... 1064 01:14:03,655 --> 01:14:07,005 ...my first son... the light of my elderly life. 1065 01:14:07,209 --> 01:14:10,037 But I resumed my work, with the others 1066 01:14:10,324 --> 01:14:13,038 ...behind the wall of my new house in S�rignan-du-Comtat. 1067 01:14:14,037 --> 01:14:17,626 Alas! The blows of fate did not cease. 1068 01:14:18,031 --> 01:14:20,665 Marie died. Claire and Emile left. 1069 01:14:20,866 --> 01:14:23,932 My 'Entomological Memories' series... 1070 01:14:24,140 --> 01:14:25,934 ...appears every couple of years from Delagraves. 1071 01:14:26,137 --> 01:14:29,839 While doing some spying... 1072 01:14:30,050 --> 01:14:32,843 ...the fool revealed some of his secrets to me. 1073 01:14:33,045 --> 01:14:36,349 My works are translated in other countries... 1074 01:14:36,559 --> 01:14:40,465 ...that I would have liked to visit when I was young. 1075 01:14:40,672 --> 01:14:43,659 I'm indifferent to what the papers write about me. 1076 01:14:43,866 --> 01:14:47,138 But I received tributes that moved me... 1077 01:14:47,341 --> 01:14:50,487 Victor Hugo, Romain Rolland, Maeterlinck... 1078 01:14:50,696 --> 01:14:54,762 ...my neighbour, Fr�d�ric Mistral, and Edmond Rostand. 1079 01:14:57,444 --> 01:14:59,113 [President to visit Fabre] 1080 01:14:59,321 --> 01:15:02,035 But I'm getting too old for this sort of thing. 1081 01:15:02,675 --> 01:15:05,344 Freeze! 1082 01:15:05,550 --> 01:15:06,901 One, two, three... thank you! 1083 01:15:07,108 --> 01:15:09,334 Agla�, where are the books for Mr Poincar�? 1084 01:15:09,543 --> 01:15:11,656 On the chair, Dad. 1085 01:15:11,859 --> 01:15:13,210 Ah! Perfect. 1086 01:15:13,417 --> 01:15:17,925 I don't want to be sitting. 1087 01:15:18,129 --> 01:15:21,240 Don't get up. 1088 01:15:21,762 --> 01:15:23,875 You want me to receive the president sitting down! 1089 01:15:24,079 --> 01:15:27,270 He's not here yet. Stay where you are. 1090 01:15:27,473 --> 01:15:31,697 Marie wouldn't have treated me this way. 1091 01:15:31,905 --> 01:15:33,494 She didn't have to deal with you at 90! 1092 01:15:33,702 --> 01:15:36,370 I was unbearable in other ways 50 years ago... really, Agla�? 1093 01:15:37,296 --> 01:15:40,169 You can be difficult, Dad. 1094 01:15:40,371 --> 01:15:44,482 Enough said! 1095 01:15:44,683 --> 01:15:46,352 Marie understood me. 1096 01:15:46,760 --> 01:15:49,986 Stay seated until the president arrives. 1097 01:15:50,674 --> 01:15:53,422 A prisoner! 1098 01:15:54,348 --> 01:15:55,664 I'm a prisoner of my work and my family... 1099 01:15:55,865 --> 01:15:58,772 ...my two families! 1100 01:15:58,980 --> 01:16:01,490 Two families! 1101 01:16:01,695 --> 01:16:04,488 Thousands of printed pages... 1102 01:16:04,690 --> 01:16:07,597 ...and the stream of years. 1103 01:16:09,282 --> 01:16:13,030 And now stuck in a chair... 1104 01:16:16,190 --> 01:16:18,337 ...to be exhibited like some unusual animal! 1105 01:16:19,944 --> 01:16:22,533 Children... line up in order of your ages... 1106 01:16:23,258 --> 01:16:25,211 ...I want to see you like that. 1107 01:16:25,415 --> 01:16:28,526 I LIKE seeing you like that. 1108 01:16:28,729 --> 01:16:30,125 No, Agla�, not you. 1109 01:16:37,674 --> 01:16:41,104 You've finished your apprenticeship. 1110 01:16:41,307 --> 01:16:43,022 Very well. 1111 01:16:43,743 --> 01:16:44,538 Let Mr Delagrave in. He's my father's publisher. 1112 01:16:44,741 --> 01:16:45,570 Thanks, Agla�. 1113 01:16:45,780 --> 01:16:46,528 And the president? 1114 01:16:46,738 --> 01:16:49,009 He's coming. 1115 01:16:49,214 --> 01:16:51,326 And your father? 1116 01:16:51,530 --> 01:16:52,757 He won't keep still. 1117 01:16:52,968 --> 01:16:56,432 He'll never change! 1118 01:16:56,722 --> 01:16:58,754 Delagrave! 1119 01:16:58,958 --> 01:16:59,707 Welcome! I finally get to see you in this house. 1120 01:16:59,917 --> 01:17:02,665 You know my family? 1121 01:17:02,871 --> 01:17:05,586 Madame. 1122 01:17:05,786 --> 01:17:08,013 Don't waste time... sit down! 1123 01:17:08,222 --> 01:17:11,050 Leave me alone with the last of my old friends. 1124 01:17:11,257 --> 01:17:15,368 Come back when the president arrives. 1125 01:17:15,570 --> 01:17:18,079 Don't get yourself excited, and don't get up! 1126 01:17:21,839 --> 01:17:26,030 Madam, I don't like to be bossed around by anyone, including you. 1127 01:17:26,231 --> 01:17:28,866 But I promise to be good. 1128 01:17:29,067 --> 01:17:30,974 My wife led me round by the nose... I'm a weakling with women. 1129 01:17:31,183 --> 01:17:35,010 You know you were a tyrant! 1130 01:17:35,216 --> 01:17:37,601 How did you remarry? 1131 01:17:37,812 --> 01:17:42,638 30 years ago, I wasn't bad!... She couldn't resist. 1132 01:17:42,843 --> 01:17:44,194 When I want something... 1133 01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:45,990 My 1st children had grown. I wanted a new crop. 1134 01:17:47,196 --> 01:17:50,341 I needed to fill this house. 1135 01:17:50,550 --> 01:17:53,423 It's a charming house. 1136 01:17:54,824 --> 01:17:57,890 It wasn't when we bought it... 1137 01:17:58,098 --> 01:18:00,926 ...shortly after the death of Jules. 1138 01:18:03,129 --> 01:18:07,002 There's nobody around to pester me... come on... 1139 01:18:07,202 --> 01:18:12,222 ...I'll give you a tour of the place. 1140 01:18:13,272 --> 01:18:18,257 I have to have a quiet spot to do my work... 1141 01:18:18,463 --> 01:18:22,291 ...shielded from nice people, whose curiosity irritates me. 1142 01:18:23,015 --> 01:18:26,888 I turned this ungrateful soil... 1143 01:18:27,647 --> 01:18:30,237 ...to plant all these trees and shrubs. 1144 01:18:30,443 --> 01:18:33,634 And with the money you were sending me... 1145 01:18:33,877 --> 01:18:37,863 ...I built a pond... 1146 01:18:38,988 --> 01:18:43,293 ...to study aquatic insects. 1147 01:18:43,500 --> 01:18:46,850 In 1906, I invented this pillar 1148 01:18:47,054 --> 01:18:48,565 ...which is hollow, to study the birth of the Minotaur Beetle. 1149 01:18:48,771 --> 01:18:52,962 This usually happens a metre underground. 1150 01:18:54,282 --> 01:18:57,747 My trick has fooled the insect. 1151 01:18:57,956 --> 01:19:00,909 By undoing these panels, I could easily observe it. 1152 01:19:01,111 --> 01:19:04,064 This is my morgue... 1153 01:19:05,543 --> 01:19:08,133 ...to study insects who breed in cadavers. 1154 01:19:08,339 --> 01:19:12,847 I'm telling you all this. Don't you read my works? 1155 01:19:13,051 --> 01:19:16,321 It's in this greenhouse... 1156 01:19:16,525 --> 01:19:19,239 ...that I walked, for three whole days, 1157 01:19:20,638 --> 01:19:22,829 ...the caterpillar procession... 1158 01:19:23,034 --> 01:19:27,622 ...around this flowerpot. 1159 01:19:27,825 --> 01:19:31,857 One caterpillar after another... 1160 01:19:32,378 --> 01:19:35,842 ...followed by another, all thinking they were the last... 1161 01:19:36,051 --> 01:19:38,958 ...first to last making a perfect circle. 1162 01:19:39,166 --> 01:19:42,039 On this wall are the nests of the Megachile bees... 1163 01:19:42,281 --> 01:19:45,234 ...on which I did experiments... 1164 01:19:45,435 --> 01:19:48,422 ...which Charles Darwin asked me to do. 1165 01:19:48,630 --> 01:19:51,583 I proved that these wild bees 1166 01:19:53,022 --> 01:19:55,010 ...could be releases kilometres away in the country... 1167 01:19:55,218 --> 01:19:58,683 ...and fly straight back to their nests. 1168 01:19:58,892 --> 01:20:02,164 Through this window here, one evening... 1169 01:20:04,244 --> 01:20:06,515 ...we saw swarms of butterflies... 1170 01:20:06,720 --> 01:20:09,787 ...the so-called Great Peacocks 1171 01:20:09,994 --> 01:20:13,776 ...coming from every direction... 1172 01:20:14,387 --> 01:20:19,657 ...lured by the scent of a single female... 1173 01:20:19,937 --> 01:20:21,414 ...that I'd captured and put here. 1174 01:20:21,614 --> 01:20:26,680 You recognise the table where I wrote all the books that you've published? 1175 01:20:27,245 --> 01:20:28,675 This instrument... 1176 01:20:34,752 --> 01:20:37,341 ...didn't screech 50 years ago when I bought it for Antonia. 1177 01:20:37,547 --> 01:20:39,693 Listen. 1178 01:20:40,542 --> 01:20:44,574 I wrote some beautiful music. 1179 01:20:44,934 --> 01:20:48,001 You've made good use of your life. 1180 01:20:48,528 --> 01:20:50,277 Oh yes! But time races away my friend. 1181 01:20:50,485 --> 01:20:54,471 Just races so fast! 1182 01:20:54,678 --> 01:20:57,426 You work a bit. 1183 01:20:57,752 --> 01:21:02,375 You love. You suffer. 1184 01:21:02,584 --> 01:21:03,811 Then you realise you're an old man. 1185 01:21:05,580 --> 01:21:10,282 An old man whose memories are nothing more than... 1186 01:21:12,169 --> 01:21:15,553 ...gravestones. 1187 01:21:15,882 --> 01:21:19,391 All there is left to do, is prepare for the day when we leave our body. 1188 01:21:19,596 --> 01:21:21,584 Once you went to visit the Emperor. 1189 01:21:24,747 --> 01:21:27,303 Here's the President of the Republic... He's come to see YOU. 1190 01:21:27,982 --> 01:21:32,650 He can wait a few minutes. 1191 01:21:32,853 --> 01:21:35,124 Tell me, Delagrave... 1192 01:21:36,088 --> 01:21:39,711 ...deep down, what's the point of my long existence... 1193 01:21:39,921 --> 01:21:41,874 ...assuming there is a point? 1194 01:21:42,078 --> 01:21:44,190 What a question, Fabre! What about your work? 1195 01:21:44,394 --> 01:21:47,460 When I see a young student... 1196 01:21:47,668 --> 01:21:49,621 ...who asks me for your works... 1197 01:21:49,824 --> 01:21:55,014 ...who glances at them briefly... 1198 01:21:56,253 --> 01:21:58,968 ...I think of all your effort... 1199 01:21:59,727 --> 01:22:02,476 ...and that patience, which was such a lesson and example. 1200 01:22:02,682 --> 01:22:06,715 Don't know about "a lesson". 1201 01:22:06,916 --> 01:22:10,822 "An example"... maybe. 1202 01:22:11,388 --> 01:22:15,091 But not what you think. There'll be other scientists. 1203 01:22:15,302 --> 01:22:20,242 There are already some who'll make me forgotten. 1204 01:22:21,491 --> 01:22:26,477 But I've gone past 90 years on Earth... 1205 01:22:26,682 --> 01:22:29,510 ...without leaving this corner of the country where I took root like a tree. 1206 01:22:29,717 --> 01:22:32,670 I've raised 8 children with love... 1207 01:22:34,189 --> 01:22:36,222 ...never accepting any other way... 1208 01:22:37,184 --> 01:22:39,410 ...than that which I wanted to do. 1209 01:22:41,537 --> 01:22:44,330 In that way, I've been a success. 1210 01:22:45,171 --> 01:22:48,918 I chose my way of life. 1211 01:22:49,124 --> 01:22:52,191 I have not betrayed my duty as a man. 1212 01:22:52,997 --> 01:22:54,871 Perhaps, as you say, I've the right... 1213 01:22:55,593 --> 01:22:58,421 ...to offer my life as an example. 1214 01:23:00,225 --> 01:23:03,734 A small example. 1215 01:23:06,694 --> 01:23:10,920 Mr Poincar� won�t have been bothered for nothing. 1216 01:23:11,167 --> 01:23:13,313 Let's go and receive his compliments! 90439